The room arrangement of the infant care area must:
  (1) Make it possible for caregivers to hear all infants and see all infants at a glance, and be able to intervene when necessary;
  (2) Include safe, open floor space for floor time play;
  (3) Separate infants from children more than 18 months older than the youngest child in the group, except when 12 or fewer children are in care, as required by §746.1605 of this chapter (relating to May I combine infants with children 18 months and older?);
  (4) Have cribs far enough apart so that one infant may not reach into another crib;
  (5) Provide caregivers with enough space to walk and work between cribs, cots, and mats; and
  (6) Ensure older children do not use the infant area as a passageway to other areas of the building.

Source Note: The provisions of this §746.2403 adopted to be effective September 1, 2003, 28 TexReg 1402; amended to be effective April 15, 2017, 42 TexReg 1575; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909; amended to be effective March 1, 2023, 48 TexReg 933